Hackers Release Data-Stealing Program to Push Google to Plug Holes at Security Conference

Well this is quite the unsettling story. Two &#8220;security experts&#8221; (I prefer to call them hackers) have drafted up a tool that would allow the user of it to probe an Android device to intercept emails and SMS messages. The program is a &#8220;root&#8221; utility that disguises itself as a program to help easily root [...]

This has got to be the biggest non-issue ever. This isn't a security threat, there is no exploit. The user has to actively install this and give it root permissions. Someone with a non-rooted phone isn't vulnerable to this, and those who have rooted should know the risks and not give absolutely everything root permission.